St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-07-02
THE RAILROAD ELECTION
NEXT TUESDAY.
VOTE THE TAX UNANI.
MOUSLY,

MOUSGY.
Next Tuesday, TIE 5th inst, on
Citizens will vote on the question 0
Ievying a special .sx of Eve mills
for ten years. to secure the building
ofthe Poitevent l. Fxvre East Lou
isians Railroad from Abita Spring.
into the town Of Covington, thu,
placing us in direct communication
BY rail with New Orleans W.
have heartily supported the move
ment. and hope there will not be 9
single vote against it. We want
to see the tax adopted. not only BY
an overwhelming majority. but
unanimously. We now have an op.
portunity to secure what we have
always needed, . railroad, and il
will be completed and in running
order within one year from the
voting of the tax. We should. by
all means. improve this most favor
able opportunity. It will certainly
be . wise aud profitable investment
for the property owners and buei-
ness men Of Covington.
The citizens of Alexandria, last
Saturday. voted to tax themselves
ten mills for a railroad. to be COM
pleted within three years. And yet
our entire tax will only be 10 mills.
(the usual Eve mills for the corpo-
ration and Eve mills for the rail-
road.) to be completed within one
year.
Col. B. W. johnson. Of the Little
Rock and Alexandra Railroad, in Q
recent speech at Alexandra, fully
demonstrated the great benefits of
railroads to small towns. aud we
publish the following extract from
his speech. as being peculiarly ap-
plicable to Covington:
He said: at pays best for rail-
road companies to keep out Of small
Incorporated towns. Is they saved
taxes and many other annoyances.
II the citizens of Alexan,lria would
give his company . Eve mill tax for
ten years. the road would come into
the town aud build machine shops
round houses. and make this the
terminus. That the town
would pay the company taxes for
en- years. but that it would still
nave 50 years in which to tax the
company" i
He further said: "There is no
'se denying thu fact that it pays
Incorporated towns to secure rail.
Dads. He cited Camden. Ark, !
md eaid that when the Iron Noun
ain was Grst built it run e miles |
rest Of Camden. but the people
aid no attention to it. After the
ron Mountain vas built property
D Camden that had been worth
5000 could not be cold for $500.
he people saw that something
nnst be done. 90 they raised $780,
90 and got the Iron Mountain to
i've them . branch road. After
his Lesson. when the St. Louis aud
'exas was being built. Camden
ave that road $4,000. depot
rounds and right of way. Now
'amden is lighted with electricity.
as street cars. banks. ETC., and
hips SO. 900 bales Of cotton . year.
he $4,000 given to these roads
as not felt by the people at oil.
ecause they made it back before
,e roads were built through the
ounty. In fact. nearly everybody
OF rich in Camden"
The same happy results will be
Eperienced in Covington as soon
, we have q railroad. We could
/ whole page in recounting the
reat benefits that will follow the
of the railroad to our
'wn. but our citizens need no forci.
q argument to show them where {
'eir duty lies It is difficult for
J to conceive how any one can vote
,ainst the ordinance, and We fully {
Sieve it will be adopted without . !
ssenting voice. ID
TAXING vlEws.-Mr. Adams, an
'perienced photographer: ar